Alumnus Awarded Mary Sawyers Baker Prize

BRENT CROTHERS SELECTED FOR THE 2014 BAKER ARTIST AWARD

Posted 05.02.14 by MICA Communications

Brent Crothers '89 '03 (sculpture, Rinehart School of Sculpture) is one of three winners of the 2014 Mary Sawyers Baker prize of $25,000.

The Baker Artist Awards were created to promote greater Baltimore as a strong creative community and support Baltimore artists and their creative endeavors. Each year, awards are made in two categories: the Mary Sawyers Baker Prizes and the b-grants. Mary Sawyers Baker Prizes are awarded annually to recognize established artists who demonstrate a commitment to excellence, dedication to their art and a mastery of craft. The organization created the "b-grant" program in 2010 to promote the quality, diversity and depth of the region's arts scene.

Crothers' winning nomination merged recycled materials to create an original piece of art. Crothers explained, "My pieces are a type of physical poetry with an emphasis on form and relationships of materials and our relationship to these materials. The artwork comes in part from a strong environmental viewing of the world, a sustainable world."

Crothers was a previous Baker Artist Award winner, receiving the "b-grant" in 2012.